Construction has topped out on The Orchard, an 823-foot-tall residential skyscraper at 42-22 Orchard Street in Long Island City, Queens. The 69-story structure is now officially the tallest structure in the borough, taking the title from the Skyline Tower at 23-15 44th Drive.
Construction is rising on 665 Fifth Avenue, a 469-foot-tall commercial building that will house the US headquarters for Rolex in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by David Chipperfield Architects with Adamson Associates as the architect of record and developed by the Rolex Realty Company, the 28-story structure will yield 199,000 square feet of office and retail space for the world-famous watchmaker. The property is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 53rd Street.
Façade installation is moving along on 125 West 57th Street, a 26-story commercial building on Billionaires’ Row in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by Alchemy-ABR Investment Partners and Cain International, the 420-foot-tall structure will yield 260,000 square feet with 185,000 square feet of full-floor Class A office space, a dedicated amenities floor designed by Gensler, 7,000 square feet of retail space, and a new home for the Calvary Baptist Church, which has operated on the site since 1883 and sold the property to the developers for $150 million in 2017. The property is located on an interior lot between Sixth and Seventh Avenues between Christian de Portzamparc‘s One57 and SHoP Architects‘ 111 West 57th Street.
Updated renderings have been released for 570 Fifth Avenue, a forthcoming 1-million-square-foot commercial skyscraper in the Diamond District of Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by Extell, the structure will house an 80,000-square-foot IKEA in the two cellar levels and Class A office space above. The property is located along Fifth Avenue between West 46th and 47th Streets.
Construction is ascending on 570 Fulton Street, a 23-story residential building along the border of Fort Greene and Downtown Brooklyn. Developed by 570 Fulton St LLC, the 128,872-square-foot structure will yield 155 rental units, ground-floor retail space, a cellar level, and an undisclosed collection of amenities. The project is located on a 7,200-square-foot interior lot situated between Rockwell Place to the east and Flatbush Avenue to the west. The architect remains to be publicly disclosed.
